Gas-saver eor enriching heating and illuminating gas



C. WRIGHT AND1. W. AWALD.

GAS SAVER FOR ENRICHING HEATING AND ILLUMINATING GAS.

APPLlcArloN FILED 1AN. s. 1918.

1,819,316. Patented om. 21,1919.

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C WRIGHT AND1. W. AWALD.

GAS SAVER FR E NRICHIN-G HEATING AND ILLUMINATING GAS. APPucAnoN msu lANAa. 191B.

l l 1 6 Patented Oct. 21, 1919.

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Cyn/Gigan- /LzI 1414, 6j -Zjm d f STATES CAREY; WRIGHT, OFDUNKIRK, AND JOHN wILsoN nwntn, orrannoNIA, NEWYORK.

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and Fredonia, in thecounty of Chautauqua and State of New York, have made a certain" new and useful Invention in Gas-Saver for AEnriching Heating and Illuminating Gas;

and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it yappertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the invention taken centrally thereof. p Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the gas receiving chamber and the distributing pipes.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a modication.

The invention has relation to means for enriching heating and illluminating gas supplied to residences, factories and other places, said supply being either natural, manufactured or producer gas, and low in carbon constituents, the object being to render the gas more eficient for either heating or illuminating, whereby less gas is required for a given heating or illuminating effect, thereby saving gas.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 2 designates an outer hollow casing or tank, designed to contain a supply of enriching fluid, as gasolene or other fuel oil or liquid, said tank provided lwith a suitable inlet pipe 3 from the gas supply, an outlet `pipe 4 to the burners, and a gage glass 5, to show the height of the fluld therein.

Located centrally of the tank is an upper gas receiving chamber 6, carrying a tubular depending wick 7, the latter extending at its lower portion or submerged within the fluid of the tank and having a lower annular Weight 8, serving to hold the wick stretched specification of Letters Patient. Patented 01613.21, 1919; x Aliplieatibn ined January 8,'191'8. seriali Nofziopii.' 'i i i to' full length andy to spread the lower por# tion thereof. p l Depending from the bottom ofthe receivf 55 ing chamber are an annular series of vertical distributing "tubes 9, the lower ends of which terminate above the level of the fluid inthe tank and are inturned radially or toward the center of the tubular wick, said pipes 60.

located at the inner surface of and serving to spread the upper portion of the wick and spaced apart by intervals 10.

Usually the tank supply pipe will be threaded at 1l, for engagement with an 65 upper tubular threaded extension 12 of the receiving chamber 6, the top of the tank having an upper tubular extension 13, externally threaded at 14 and engaging the internal thread of a depending flange 15 of a 70 supporting member or -disk 16, the latter forming the center of the top of thetank and supported yin turnv from the supply pipe 3 through the medium of a tubular collar 17,

internally threaded and engaging the thread tributing pipes rwithin the tubular upper Y portion of the wick, forming av distributing chamber. These streams of gas will converge and rise centrally of the wick or distributing chamber, being distributed to all parts of said chamber and passing out- .90

wardlythrough the wick, within the intervalsl 10 betweenl the depending pipes, the gas beingthereby enriched or taking up in vapor form the fuel oil or liquid with which the wick is saturated through capillary action. Y v

The gas so enriched, issuing from all'sides of the tubular upperV portion of the wick, within the upper part of the tank located around Ythe wick and forming a delivery chamber, will pass from the latter chamber through the outlet pipe 4, as aforesaid, to the burners.

If desired, the lower ends of the annular series of distributing lsind wick spreading pipes may be turned et 20, circumferentially,

all in the Same direction, 21S. Shown in Figi 4, of the drawings, to cause a spiral current or whirl of the gas within the wick chamber.

Wel cla-iin: A In means for enrhng gers .a liquid 99ntaining tank, e gas-receiving dhambered casing located centrally of the upper portion of 'said tanlga singleflarge tubular wick secured at its upper end c ircuinierentielly to and depending from. said casing and 'submerged at its lower portion in the liquid of said tank, a series of gee distributing tubes Connected `et their n-pperends tothe xouter marginal portion of and depending from said casing, said tubes located within and contecting ,et their outer edges,l with the inner circumferential surface of and Serving to spread seid wick and being adapted toV discharge at their lower ends adjecen-tfto the liquid in Said tank- In testimony whereof we MEX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CAREY WRIGHT. JOHN'WILSON AWALD.

Vitnesses ,Jenn C. Irl/lne,

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